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after encountering a technical failure, the us boeing starliner spacecraft set off to return to earth: empty

2024-09-07

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fast technology reported on september 7 that according to a report by xinhua news agency in new york on september 6, the us boeing "starliner" spacecraft, which encountered a technical failure, left the international space station on the 6th.set off for the return trip to earth without any crew members

live footage from nasa showed that the "starliner" separated from the international space station at around 18:04 eastern time on the 6th (06:04 beijing time on the 7th). according to the plan, the "starliner" will land at the white sands spaceport in new mexico, u.s., at around 00:03 eastern time on the 7th (12:03 beijing time on the 7th).

it is reported that on june 5 this year, the "starliner" carrying american astronauts wilmore and williams was launched and arrived at the international space station on june 6.this is the first manned test flight mission of the "starliner"

the spacecraft was originally scheduled to leave the international space station and return to earth on june 14, but due to problems such as thruster failure and helium leakage, the return time was repeatedly postponed.

for safety reasons, nasa decided to let the "starliner" leave the international space station and return to earth without people on board on september 6.the two astronauts will return to earth in february next year on the dragon spacecraft of the us space exploration technology company.